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caricature
  • Conjugation : past  caricatured ; ing  caricaturing
  • Derivatives : n  caricaturist
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

caricature ['kærɪkəʧɚ] [.kærɪkə'tjuə]
  1. 1. noun 讽刺画漫画;讽刺文;夸张讽刺描画
  2. 2. noun 漫画艺术漫画手法,作讽刺文的技巧
  3. 3. noun 歪曲模仿拙劣模仿
  4. 4. vt. 漫画手法描绘;把…画成漫画;用讽刺文描述

Collins English-English Dictionary

caricature ['kærɪkə"tjυə]
  1. 1. n a pictorial, written, or acted representation of a person, which exaggerates his characteristic traits for comic effect
  2. 2. n a ludicrously inadequate or inaccurate imitation
    he is a caricature of a statesman
  3. 3. vt. [tr] to represent in caricature or produce a caricature of
  4. 4. vt. [Etymology] C18: from Italian caricatura a distortion, exaggeration, from caricare to load, exaggerate; see cargo

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